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... notice taken of the work by his friends or by memoir writers , not even by Dr. Percy , or by Isaac Reed , the latter of whom wrote two sketches of his life , one for the Biographia Dramatica , and another for the edition of the Essays ...
... notice taken of the work by his friends or by memoir writers , not even by Dr. Percy , or by Isaac Reed , the latter of whom wrote two sketches of his life , one for the Biographia Dramatica , and another for the edition of the Essays ...
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... notice the other productions mentioned in the reply of Steevens ; as if having once finished the memoir , he was indisposed to make additions which might branch out into more extensive inquiries , and be productive of more labour than ...
... notice the other productions mentioned in the reply of Steevens ; as if having once finished the memoir , he was indisposed to make additions which might branch out into more extensive inquiries , and be productive of more labour than ...
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... notice . On the 12th of April , 1764 , about a week after the performance of Smart's piece which is supposed to have in part excited the desire of Goldsmith to pursue the same path , an Ora- torio named “ Israel in Babylon , " was ...
... notice . On the 12th of April , 1764 , about a week after the performance of Smart's piece which is supposed to have in part excited the desire of Goldsmith to pursue the same path , an Ora- torio named “ Israel in Babylon , " was ...
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... notice of the reader , as it is obvious from reference to minute circumstances , that the summons of Johnson to the prisoner must have occurred in the forenoon . Hawkins colours the matter in stating that he wished to get drunk ...
... notice of the reader , as it is obvious from reference to minute circumstances , that the summons of Johnson to the prisoner must have occurred in the forenoon . Hawkins colours the matter in stating that he wished to get drunk ...
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... notice of the reader . To him , to Mason , Warton , and their imitators , his remarks were con- sidered to apply , and they did not pass without notice and censure . With Gray more particularly , he was then and since brought into ...
... notice of the reader . To him , to Mason , Warton , and their imitators , his remarks were con- sidered to apply , and they did not pass without notice and censure . With Gray more particularly , he was then and since brought into ...
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Page 263 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 274 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 266 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...
Page 30 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Page 351 - The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride. When thus Creation's charms around combine, Amidst the store should thankless pride repine ? Say, should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school-taught pride dissemble all it can, These little things are great to little man ; And wiser he, whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind.
Page 272 - Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary...
Page 81 - Twas Edwin's self that prest ! " Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restored to love and thee ! " Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign : And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine ? " No, never from this hour to part, Well live and love so true ; The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Page 113 - THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
Page 168 - With cool submission joins the lab'ring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain : Our anxious bard, without complaint, may share This bustling season's epidemic care, Like...
Page 253 - Ye mute companions of my toils, that bear In all my griefs a more than equal share ! Here, where no springs in murmurs break away, Or...